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Spelling Bee hints and answers for Monday, February 23, 2026

Center letter H (required in every word) · Outer letters: A, C, G, I, P, R

A Monday Bee built around the center letter H: 23 words, 92 points in total and Genius at 64, with one pangram, GRAPHIC at the top of the list. The CH- family alone contributes 10 of the 23 words, more than any other family on the board. The words themselves run from 4 to 9 letters in length, and every single one of them is listed below in full.

A
C
G
H
I
P
R
23Accepted words
92Max score
64Genius at
1Pangrams

Hints, in order

Hint 0 of 3

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Hint 1 of 3

Every word must contain the center letter H. Words are at least 4 letters long, and letters can repeat.

Hint 2 of 3 - Pangrams

There is one pangram today, it is 7 letters long - each one uses every letter in the hive.

Hint 3 of 3 - Stuck?

Look for word families: words built on CH- (CHAI, CHAIR, CHAP, CHAR) do much of the heavy work today.

The pangram

Each uses all seven letters: A, C, G, H, I, P, R.

GRAPHIC

All 23 words

The complete accepted word list for the day.

aargh
arch
archaic
chai
chair
chap
char
chia
chic
chica
chichi
chip
chirp
graph
graphic
hair
harp
high
highchair
paragraph
parch
pariah
rich
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